11 Facts About Dudley Nichols

Dudley Nichols was an American screenwriter and film director.

Dudley Nichols was the first person to decline an Academy Award, as part of a boycott to gain recognition for the Screen Writers Guild; he would later accept his Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1938.

Dudley Nichols was born April 6,1895, in Wapakoneta, Ohio.

Dudley Nichols studied at the University of Michigan where he was active member of the Sigma chapter of Theta Xi fraternity.

Dudley Nichols collaborated on many films over many years with director John Ford, and was noted for his work with George Cukor, Howard Hawks, Fritz Lang and Jean Renoir.

Dudley Nichols wrote or co-wrote the screenplays for films including Bringing Up Baby, Stagecoach, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Scarlet Street, And Then There Were None, The Bells of St Mary's, Pinky and The Tin Star.

Dudley Nichols initially declined the Academy Award he received in 1936 for The Informer, due to a dispute between the Screen Writers Guild, of which he was a founder, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Dudley Nichols collected the award at the 1938 Oscar ceremony.

Dudley Nichols served as president of the Screen Writers Guild in 1937 and 1938.

Dudley Nichols co-wrote the documentary The Battle of Midway, which won the 1942 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

Dudley Nichols died in Hollywood of cancer in 1960 and was interred in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.